Brian Setencich

CA Blue Book 2000

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1994	Republican	AD-30	35940	Win
11-05-1996	Write-in	AD-30	26968	Lose

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 29, 1962 in Fresno, CA
Married: Kimberly

Previous: Public Relations Representative, Valley Children's Hospital
1991-1994: Member, Fresno City Council
1993: Candidate for Mayor of Fresno (Lost) 
1995: [Majority] Speaker Pro Tem, California State Assembly
1995-1996: Speaker, California State Assembly
1996: Candidate for Assembly Speaker (Lost; 37 to 40)
1996: Primary Candidate for AD-30 (Lost)*
1996-2004: Special Assistant to the Mayor for Emergency Communications, City of San Francisco
2000: Setencich was convicted of tax evasion (understating his 1996 income by $19,301) as part of the Operation Rezone sting (payoffs for favorable land-use decisions) and was sentenced to seven months in a halfway house and two years probation.

• An incumbent who lost their party primary.
• In 1994, Setencich was the first Fresno City Councilmember to successfully run for higher office.
• Setencich was the first freshman legislator to serve as Speaker of the Assembly since Thomas J. White.

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